ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted on Friday to advance a bill that allows terminally ill patients to request a lethal prescription to hasten their death. Senate Bill 311, also known as the End of Life Options Act, had been presented this legislative season by Sen. Will Smith, D-Silver Spring, and has […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – After burning a church building in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state on March 14, Boko Haram terrorists attacked a Christian-majority town in neighboring Adamawa State Monday evening. Area residents said Muslim extremists of the Boko Haram insurgency invaded Michika, a town they had seized in September 2014 and held until Nigerian troops […]
CARSON CITY, Nev. — In a vote of 3-2 along party lines, a Senate committee in Nevada has approved a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, sending the legislation now on to the full Senate for consideration. Senate Bill 165, filed by Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, would allow terminally ill patients to […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has sent a letter to the circuit attorney of St. Louis, Missouri to request that a plaque displayed outside of her office at the Carnahan Courthouse be removed as it contains a quote from Deuteronomy 16:20. According to reports, a local resident alerted FFRF […]
(International Christian Concern) – On Feb. 20, Pastor Juncai Li of Yuanyang Country house church and his coworkers, Raoyun Wu and Yanfang Ma, were detained after being accused of disrupting public service. A week later, Yun Ban was detained for the same reason. Yanfang Ma was released on bail on Feb. 28 because she is […]
HARTFORD, Conn. — For the fourth time, lawmakers in Connecticut have introduced a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to request a lethal prescription to hasten their death. House Bill 5898, presented by Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport, is currently before the Assembly Public Health Committee. The bill would allow those who have a terminal […]
HOUSTON, Texas — Organizers of the Houston, Texas “Drag Queen Story Time” have decided to discontinue the offering for the “foreseeable future” in the midst of outrage over the revelation that a man who had read to children is a registered sex offender. The organizers state that the library’s failure to run a background check […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The tropical cyclone Idai has destroyed the coast of the central region of Mozambique. Winds of 177 km/h have knocked down houses and other buildings, cut off roads and damaged the infrastructures that supply electricity and water. Although the authorities initially spoke of around 200 deaths, President Filipe Nyusi has said the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would require public schools K-12 to include in history curriculum the contributions of those who identify as homosexual or transgender. The legislation has been opposed by Christian groups in the state. House Bill 246, presented by Rep. Anna Moeller, D-Elgin, was approved […]
PADUCAH, Ky. — Approximately 40 preschoolers and 10 adults were unharmed as they took refuge inside the safe room at their church while a tornado ripped through Paducah, Kentucky on Thursday. “There were probably 50 of us total that didn’t even have a scratch, so I mean nobody can give any credit to that except […]